Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-01-15

;n onestiou was passed to disfranehis'
 aII members of the Mormon church
 vhether polyganists or not, npd ls III
 violation of tho organic law of the Ter
 ritory. I recommend it be repenled.
 KANSAS CITY, Mo, January l2-Ih'
 south-bound passenger train on the Mis
 sour, Pacific extentiOn. which left Omahi
 Is,t night and was due here thls morn
 ing- vas wrecked near Dunbar, Nebras
 Ia. about midnight. The wreck wGi caused by the loOseping Of a rail done oy
 par.ie. unknown. Several spikes anc
 fish ulates had been removed and tho train coming along at the rate of thirty
 miles per hour plunged fifteen feet doWr
 an embankment and landed ln a snow drift. James Dewitt of Wysndotte
 Kansas, the engineer. was caught undel
 tbe boiler and killed. His body had mol
 bean recovered at last accounts. tranE
 Meneweth, express messenger, whose
 home is in this city, was internally hur' and may dIe. A lady whose name wss not learned was badly hurt, but the other passengers were not seriously ID iured. As far as known here all were shaken up, however, and more or less
 bruised The Missouri Pacific ofiiels!s here state that the wreck is the result oi n third attempt upon the lie Of Dewitt,
 the engineer. They say some Ot the men engaged in the strike lsst spring cherished grudge against Dewitt be- cause he wRs sn active supporter of the company during the great strike. The sheriff and several others are searching fine neighbOrhocd and a reward will ee offered for the wreckeTs. A numbOr ot California excursiOnists were among the party. ,.
 WAsHISaroS, January 12--Allison from the committee on appropriations reported back the army appropriation bill with amendments. Ordered printed. The senate then resumed consideration of the interstate commerce bill and was addressed by Cell, who declared his concurrence Tn the great objects Of public policy that were sought to Do carried into effect by the original bill Rnd by the conference report. Call re- ferred to facts stated in the work of tEc pool that the capitalization of the sIi- roads of the country exceeds their actual value by three billion dollars. The rates charged for transportation were to pay ALt lliEIEFN AaANA1EL0Ea C@4 NA-a@ --N titious and pTetended capital the peO- pie were now pBylng an annual tax Of three hundred million He could see nothing in that. but If l. were per mitted to continue It would be the ruin of the republic He would vote for the pending bill because 1t would accomplish DO great harm, but be re- sarded 1t as no remedy for the existing evils and no triumph for those who de- sire to see inter state commerce regu- lated.
 Brown made an argument ID opposi- tion to the bill.
 Mitchell, of Oregon, said he very seri- Ously doubted and had always doubted whether the short and long haul prOvis- ions would eheapsn local freights, while on the other hand a vital blow would be struck by 1t st transcontinentsl and through commerce and also at the for eIgn commerce Cf the country. As a rule the great bulk of profits realized by railroad companies do not come from through business, but from local busi- ness, and 1t was fair to assume that these companies would always look primarily to their own interests and not to the interests of the general public. All would agree therefore that there would be no hesitation on the part of the transportation companies in absn- doning their through freight business rather than give up their profits on To- cal business. For one, he did not pre- fer that result. He believed that in such sn event there would te such se- ere. combinations between the power ful trRnscOntinental companies. Inc.gd- ing water Ines, ss wO1ld increase freight and thus enable them to maintain their present high charges on short hauls. He therefore believed that the provision would prove to be a cheat, deception and fraud. NIT. Mitch sll laid great stress on the fact that the conditions 6nd circumstances of through business were very dis similar to those of local business and tbat therefore the fourth section would not apply tn 1t. He therefore declared that the s6 ction was sn absolutely harm less piece of legislation so far as the In- terests of railroads were concerned End was wholly and absolutely imyOteIt and intellectual 20 far as giving protection tO shippers was concerned. It was worse than throei1g tub to the whale. He would vote for recommittsl of the bill with instructions to amend the second and fourth sections by striking out the words under substantially similar CIT and conditions"
 Mir. Cullom stated that there were three or four senators who desired to speak on the bill and who had engage nents for this evening. He would not therefore ask for a vote tonight. After executive session the senate adjourned.
 WAsHINGTOS, D. C., JEn. l2,-The anti Mormon bill as is passed the house to- day by adoption of substitute for the senate bill, makes a lawful husband or wife of any person prose ,uted for bisamy, pOlygumy, or unlaw- 'ul cOhabItation, a competent witness against the accused, and further pro- Eides for a registration of all marriages, making it mIsdemeRnor for any person To violate the provisions relative tO such registration. It Rnnuls all territorial laws providing for Identification of votes of electors ct any election, and also sll laws cOnterring on territorial courts The power tO determine divorce cases, and aboiishes woman suffrage in the territory of Utah. Penalties are pre- 'cribed for unlawful intercourse and when It IS done as a marriage between one person Of one sex and more han one person of another sex, and k declared to be felony. Financial cor oora;ions known as lhe Church of Lat Ter Day Saints and perpetual immigrs- lion fund company are dissolved, and he attorney general IS directed Co Eind them up by the process of the courts end all laws of the organized militia of the territory. and the creation lt the NAvOo LegIon, are Rnnuiled. POlygsmis,s are made ineligible to vote nd a test oath is prescribed t0 all per ons desiring to vote, that they will obey be laws of the United States and es- ,eclslly the laws in respect to the 'rimes defined m this and the original sdmuDds act. The bill provides for the immediate appointment by the presi- lent Of all judges. and the selectmsnt of he county and probate courts, and by be governor of all justices of the peace, | heriffs, constsbles and other county and listrict officers. The bill as amended y the adoption of the substitute will LOW be transmitted to the senate for the csion of that body.
 PHILADELPHIA, January l2.-The Com nercial Exchange at a meeting adopted |
 resolution with but little opposition. a-Iarfuu tha fpfarafasa onrrv,ax,o t,r1 I